Spatial-frequency bandwidth of perceived contrast

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 3399-3403

  Tiippana, Kaisa ^a   Näsänen, Risto ^b  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Contrast constancy; Contrast matching; Noise stimuli; Spatial frequency bandwidth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST; ENERGY; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0344327076     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00057-7     Document Type: Article

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